Fashion upcycling: Create a backpack with second-hand clothes
How to Conceptualize a Design from Existing Clothes
A course by Luisa Hurtado , Fashion Designer
Transform second-hand garments into unique fashion pieces! Create your own upcycled backpack and accessories.
About the video: How to Conceptualize a Design from Existing Clothes
Overview
“Now we are going to start looking deeper at our garment before we create our final design & sketch. ”
In this video lesson Luisa Hurtado addresses the topic: How to Conceptualize a Design from Existing Clothes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fashion upcycling: Create a backpack with second-hand clothes. Transform second-hand garments into unique fashion pieces! Create your own upcycled backpack and accessories..
Partial transcription of the video
“Let's talk about which garments are not ideal to upcycle. There are some fabrics that are better to upcycle than others. Certain fabrics, such as wool, linen, or lycra, are harder to incorporate into an upcycling project. You might have a sweater or a pair of leggings that you want to reuse or upcycle. However, these materials do not work the best to be the main material used on your project. You can make much simpler projects such as scrunchies, bows, scarves, or even cutting it into pieces to fill up a decorative pillow. So here I have some scrunchies that used to be some blouses, a mask ...”
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Course summary for: Fashion upcycling: Create a backpack with second-hand clothes
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Category
Craft, Fashion -
Areas
DIY, Fashion Design, Patternmaking & Dressmaking, Sewing, Upcycling
A course by Luisa Hurtado
Luisa Hurtado is a talented fashion designer and content creator specialized in upcycling and sustainable fashion. With an outstanding career, Luisa has collaborated with important brands such as Levi's and has presented her collections at various fashion events.
Her passion for sustainable practices and teaching others to see value in fashion as a path to bringing other original pieces to life has positioned her as a respected figure in the upcycling community.
She is known as designerluisa on platforms such as YouTube and Tiktok, where she exposes her innovative and creative approach to upcycling, capturing the attention of a wide audience, inspiring many to adopt more sustainable fashion practices.
- 170 students
- 17 lessons (2h 26m)
- 20 additional resources (6 files)
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- Audio: English, Spanish
- English, Spanish, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
- Level: Beginner
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